British navy to collect Libya evacuees

Britain will send a navy ship to Libya to help evacuate UK nationals, a government ministry source said Saturday, with worsening security problems forcing thousands of people to flee. The source indicated that a Royal Navy ship would be in place “in the near future” to collect British and other nationals wishing to leave Libya. Sky News television reported that HMS Enterprise, a survey vessel, had been moved into place off the Libyan coast and was expected to moor off Tripoli on Sunday. The operation is likely to resemble that used in 2011 during the uprising which ousted dictator Moamer Kadhafi, when a Royal Navy ship evacuated foreigners.